I was unaware and this news about Jack Lieberman passing, is very unexpected and sad.
He deserves better obit than this. Jack was an important activist in Florida for over 50 years. He sadly stayed in the SWP when it passed the anti-LGBT "social weight" proposal in 1974, to try and disrespect and place those "queers" in their place. But unlike some others who broke their previous relations with the entire left, Jack remained on the liberal-left. Yes, he sadly became less critical of Israel and as many, spent his later years in the "progressive democrats", but he had remained a person of the left. He remained opposed to the U.S. reactionaries and stood with us on every issue - But for Israel. I deeply regret that - but not my friend Jack's life, spent for the "good fight" against hate, fear and ignorance. I will miss him. Jack Lieberman - Presente! ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Louis Proyect <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2020 9:07 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [marxmail] Evan Ross: My Jack Lieberman story — a life of service Jack Lieberman just died from COVID-19 a couple of days ago. He was on Marxmail years ago but was hardly the radical of his youth as this obit tries to honor. He became a hard-core Zionist and Democratic Party supporter sometime in the 80s. My respect for him is based on how and his good friend Marty Goodman had the chutzpah to call out Jack Barnes in 1980 or so over "the turn". It took a lot of guts to resist peer pressure back then. I only wish I had half their nerve at the time. https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffloridapolitics.com%2Farchives%2F363632-evan-ross-my-jack-lieberman-story-a-life-of-service&data=02%7C01%7C%7C994a8191ce3248a0ef8308d84e91141f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637345732290786487&sdata=RlY2QotVZEqlfbdIH%2Fky8Z0q05Rhke%2FYZPJ2GBhEhwk%3D&reserved=0 . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1077): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/1077 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76559740/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES<br />#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br />#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br />#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
